St. Maximus the Confessor

Leavetaking of the Transfiguration of our Lord; Translation of the relics of St. Maximus the Confessor; Ven. Dorotheus and Dositheus of Gaza

Orthodox Calendar, August 13 Leavetaking of the Transfiguration of our Lord On the Leavetaking of the Transfiguration, all of the service for the Feast is repeated, except for the Entrance at Vespers, the Old Testament readings, Litya, the Polyeleos and Gospel at Matins, and the blessing of grapes at Liturgy. The Gospel and Epistle readings…

Aug 13, 2026basilica.ro

Bishop Timotei says Christ’s peace runs deeper than worldly calm at ecumenical prayer service

“The peace the Lord offers is different from the peace we observe, or that is presented to us in various forms. It is not the apparent quiet of cemeteries, nor the fragile balance of powers that neutralise one another,” Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova said on Tuesday. The assistant bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest…

Jan 21, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

St Maximus the Confessor; Martyr Neophytus of Nicea; Virginmartyr Agnes of Rome

Orthodox Calendar, January 21 Saint Maximus the Confessor He was born in Constantinople around 580 and raised in a pious Christian family. He received an excellent education, studying philosophy, grammar, and rhetoric. He was well-read in the authors of antiquity and he also mastered philosophy and theology. When Saint Maximus entered into government service, he…

Jan 21, 2026basilica.ro

Patriarch Ilia proposes building seminary where relics of St. Maximus the Confessor Repose

According to His Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, he has spent a lot of time contemplating the idea of building a seminary and hotel in Lechkumi in northwestern Georgia, where the relics of St. Maximus the Confessor are kept, to help increase the number of foreign visitors coming to the area to venerate the…

Oct 31, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Apodosis of the Transfiguration; Translation of the relics of St. Maximus the Confessor; Ven. Dorotheus and Dositheus; 10th Sunday after Pentecost (Cure of the lunatic)

Saint Maximus the Confessor was born in Constantinople around 580 and raised in a pious Christian family. He received an excellent education, studying philosophy, grammar, and rhetoric. He was well-read in the authors of antiquity and he also mastered philosophy and theology. When Saint Maximus entered into government service, he became first secretary (asekretis) and…

Aug 13, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu